FOR HOW LONG?

I looked away, yet I couldn't afford a disdain
I had to limp through donkey periods straight
As dedicated thus, perhaps it would remain same 

Even as I said not to
I frequently ought to
Reason why I had to barge and muffle often

Like some terse were what you mouthed hitherto
And like a tern were you in what was like an ocean
How much of a tenet is education to you clown
Some space is all that seems to be clamoured 

Donkey periods spent they say, heals
But in this case, perhaps it only kills
By and large, time tells
And for it all, I'm glad we all said best